Amazon Web Services Issues Cause Canvas Outage
Canvas, the platform used by Emory University to facilitate classes, is experiencing a full outage due to Amazon Web Services (AWS) issues.
According to Canvas' status website, the outage affects half of all North American higher education institutions that use its services.
- Downdetector reports around 5,000 complaints per hour, significantly higher than the typical 5-10 complaints per hour.
- Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, first reported issues at 3:04 a.m. EST and attributed the outage to AWS.
The outage has left users unable to sign in to view courses or submit their work due to issues with the Canvas login service and submission system.
Author's summary: Canvas outage affects North American institutions.